Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
13th October 1708
Elizabeth
Brewer
proceedingsdefend
of London, was Indicted for
stealing 80 Yards of Stuff value 3 l.
the Goods of
William
Stonnell
proceedingsvictim
, on the 8th Instant: But the Evidence not reaching the Prisoner, the Jury
acquitted
her.
Elizabeth Brewer, was a Second time Indicted for
privately stealing 15 Ells of black Mantua Silk value 3 l. the Goods of
James
Mosell
proceedingsvictim
, on the 16th of July
last. It appeared that the Prisoner with 3 more came to the Prosecutor's Shop
; that while the Prisoner's Companions were amusing the Prosecutor by cheapning of Goods, she took the abovementioned Goods from behind the Counter, and was taken in the Fact. The Jury found her
Guilty
of Felony.
[Branding. See summary.]
[Imprisonment. See summary.]